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A VERY RELUCTANT MESSENGER Jonah 1:1 – 3, 3:1 – 10 & 4:1 - 3. God has no "most favoured nation" policy . Jonah struggled with this policy. A VERY RELUCTANT MESSENGER Jonah 1:1 – 3, 3:1 – 10 & 4:1 - 3. God was concerned for some very unlovely people Who were the Ninivites ? (1:1 – 2)
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A VERY RELUCTANT MESSENGERJonah 1:1 – 3, 3:1 – 10 & 4:1 - 3 God has no "most favoured nation" policy. Jonah struggled with this policy.
A VERY RELUCTANT MESSENGERJonah 1:1 – 3, 3:1 – 10 & 4:1 - 3 • God was concerned for some very unlovely people • Who were the Ninivites? (1:1 – 2) • What kind of people were they? • Why was God concerned about them ? (4:11)
A VERY RELUCTANT MESSENGERJonah 1:1 – 3, 3:1 – 10 & 4:1 - 3 • Jonah’s coldness towards these same people • His emotional response to God's call (1:3) • His attempt to escape (avoid) God's call (1:3 – 16) Our Ninevahs and Tarshishes
A VERY RELUCTANT MESSENGERJonah 1:1 – 3, 3:1 – 10 & 4:1 - 3 • God’s love is very hard to resist • The Ninevites could not resist it (3:1 – 10) • Jonah never stopped resisting it (4:1 – 5, 8 – 9)
A VERY RELUCTANT MESSENGERJonah 1:1 – 3, 3:1 – 10 & 4:1 - 3 A Jonah lurks in the heart of every Christian What are you struggling with God about ? SAID JO ---------------------- NAH.